Jonathan walton



JONATHAN-WALTONoF BROOKLYN, NE'W'YONK.

'Leners Patent No. 77,853, and May 12,1868; amedafeaAPm-z 30,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAILE-Ans FOR Pains,`

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

y13e itknown that I, JONATHAN WALTON, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings, and State ofiNew York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in BailLEars for 'Pailsg and'I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which' wvillenable others skilledA in the art to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying draivngs, forming a. part of thisspecification. V This invention relates to a new and usefulimprovementjin bail-ears for wooden poils, and it consists iiiconstructing 'th'c ears of wire, bent infproper form,an`d` attachingthem to the pail by clinching, as will be here? inaftcr described.

The present mode of attaching hails to pails is very defective. Thewooden pails have simply thin metalh Figure 1 is a sido view of a woodenpail `having `niy improvement attached to it.

Figure 2,1a vertical section ofa. portion of a wooden pail having myimprovement applied to it.

A, tig. l, represents a wooden pail having my improved ears, B, attachedto it. These ears are constructed of wire, bent so as to have an eye, a,and two prongs, b b, the latter being inserted in holes inthe sides ofthe pail, passingentireiy through the sameand clinched at thelinnerside, as shown clearly in fig. 1. These ears B are further secured tothe pail by staples, C., whichv encompass the' ears just` below the eyes`a, and are also clinched at the inner side of the pail, as also shownin fig. 1,."

The 'earsB are bent or curved fso that-the eyes twill-f reject outwardfrom the side ofthe-pail, and afford plates attached, perforated withholes to receive the ends of thebail, which are bent to en'ter and hookinto the-m.

room to admit ofthe vends of the 4hail Dbeingfpassd"th'rcn'crhl'tiiem.and bent in hook-form, as shown inutigfl.-

. u Having thus described my invention, what I claim as neiv, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isi The bent wire,bailears B, constructedas described, the two prongs b1), passing through the side of the pailA, and clinched upon the inner side, and held in position by means ofthe' staple C, encompassing said ears below the upward-projecting loopa,.their inner ends also passing through the side of the pail A, andclinched up'on the inner side thereof, as herein shown and describedvWitnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAnA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.A

JONATHAN WALTON.

